Example sentences of "[been] [verb] into [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | The driver , Patsy Gillespie , who was also killed , was described by the IRA as a " collaborator " for having carried out construction work for the security forces , and had been coerced into a similar operation previously at the Fort George Army base in the city . |
2 | With matching moves in Britain and Japan designed to galvanise their moribund monopolists , all the leading players have been propelled into a global contest . |
3 | Resort , according to one report , has been blended into the natural landscape ‘ almost to the point of camouflage ’ . |
4 | Dismissing fears that her daughter might have been tricked into a fake marriage by a man determined to ruin her , Nora tried to think more positively , but her brain persistently returned to the appalling question , ‘ Why an Italian , for God 's sake ? ’ |
5 | ‘ Look , ’ said Edwin Pettigrew to Mark , ‘ our Roman Catholic friends are being whisked through all the formalities , and Mark saw that the priests had been gathered into a little group under the leadership of a jolly-looking , curly-haired Irishman with a strong brogue . |
6 | Henry McLeish , the shadow Scottish employment spokesman , said : ‘ Tens of thousands of Scots have been plunged into the black hole of long-term unemployment , now one of the main causes of poverty , and thousands more teeter on the brink . ’ |
7 | ‘ However , with the help of considerable capital funding from the ITI , and through a joint venture approach with Sutton Borough Council , who provided capital , land and an annual subsidy , the original concept has been developed into a working model aimed at serving as an example for other local authorities to consider . ’ |
8 | Made up of four 30-minute scenes , in each of which the same people say and do the same things in the same setting , Roll On Friday , it is no surprise to learn , has been developed into a five-year television series in New Zealand and Australia . |
9 | This hierarchical data structure , initially conceived as a method of organizing and controlling three-dimensional draughting procedures , has subsequently been developed into a general engineering management system . |
10 | Luce froze , realising how easily she 'd been lulled into a false sense of security . |
11 | While Francis had been gazing into the unseeable distance , the wall had extended several metres across the clearing . |
12 | He was referring to the remainder of Layforce which had been formed into the Middle East Commando , the Foldboat Section ( SBS ) and the ‘ parachute personnel ’ . |
13 | The rump of Layforce had been formed into the Middle East Commando , which later became known as I Special Service Regiment . |
14 | Of recent years , the fair had been lengthened into a fortnight-long frolic called Edwardian Days , finishing two weeks before Christmas . |
15 | In October 1906 he went to Trinity Hall , Cambridge , and left in March 1909 , having taken no examinations ; on 6 December 1907 he had been received into the Catholic Church by R. Hugh Benson [ q.v . ] . |
16 | The Detailed Spectrum Investigation results have been amalgamated into a proposed table of frequency allocations and use . |
17 | They had , especially in the hard hopeless times of the first half of the century , been fused into a homogeneous mass of the discontented and the oppressed . |
18 | It certainly did not mean that the two movements had been fused into a single whole . |
19 | He had been catapulted into the awesome role of negotiator with his country 's ruler more by chance than anything else . |
20 | Food and cigarette butts had been trodden into the precious carpet . |
21 | A piece of chewing gum had been trodden into the funny carpet border around the edge of the room . |
22 | It has been dropped into a black hole for the duration of the campaign at the insistence of the spin-doctors . |
23 | Her sleep was black and absolute , as if she had been dropped into a bottomless pit . |
24 | REGIONS PLUG INTO THE MARKET A big stone has been dropped into the placid electricity supply pool . |
25 | It was only a matter of a few hours before the stranger had been slotted into the local kinship network ; and the recognition of kinship was mutual . |
26 | Thanks to the Prime Minister 's ban on benefit for unemployed 16 and 17-year-olds , another 21,000 youngsters have been sucked into a black hole where there is no job , no school , no training and no benefit . |
27 | Our reporters uncovered a generation who have been sucked into a dark underworld of solvent abuse and hard drugs . |
28 | Others may genuinely believe that even lengthy dreams have been compressed into a brief period . |
29 | Her Alegria Da Cidade is light , urgent , funky , and brassy , while other tracks show how Caribbean styles have been mixed into the Brazilian melting pot . |
30 | It was Buddy Melges , however , who steered in front at the first cross after the start , having been lifted into a handsome lead by the first shift , and stayed there . |